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Environmental History Midterm

3 approaches to environmental history - ANS Ecological, intellectual, ideological



What is environmental history - ANS History of mutual relations; human kind is
part of nature and visa versa



Tomas midgley Jr - ANS Lead in gasoline and invented Freon (CFC) causing air
polution



Dino asteroid details - ANS Chichxulub; 66m years ago, acidified ocean & disrupted
food chain



Dino asteroid size and velocity? - ANS 6 miles in diameter & 2x more powerful than
nuclear explosion



Stephen jay gowd - ANS Non overlapping magisterial (separated science & religion)



Iridium - ANS Dense metal and chemical element found on earth (rare)



How did humans evolve? - ANS Hunting (new tech improved hunting which caused
a high protein diet and redirected energy from digestion to brain), cooking (large
cal. Intake, speeds up metabolism, less energy to digestion and bigger brain)

, Evidence for evolution of humans - ANS Appendix used to break down plant fibers,
intolerance of plant toxins, sick from raw foods, mouth size



Where was fossils of Homo sapiens found - ANS Asia, Europe, Africa, australia



Where can DNA be found - ANS Bones & teeth



What is fire and it's uses? - ANS Visual effect of combustion composed of fuel, air
and oxygen. Uses; improved visibility, disinfection, manipulation of plant and
animal communities



Fire ecology? Impacts? - ANS Encourages pyro. (Plants that can tolerate fire);
indirect direct result, creates better hunting conditions (species are more
vulnerable to predation)



Why are there fires in Australia? - ANS British didn't understand aussie's fire
ecology, creating low impact fires (scared), which made fuel build cup causes
intense fires from lighting, drought, heat



Negative impacts fire could have? - ANS soil loss due to rain against ash & dirt
which causes erosion



Hazard reduction fires? - ANS Aussie used to burn off excess fuel but can be
dangerous bc causes big fires & a little better than suppression but can get out of
hand

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